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is mitt romney right or wrong? >> i can see the argument in 2008 when the government was blind-sided by all the problems that happen and all these companies were in trouble, lehman brothers and citigroup and goldman sachs and bear stearns, i can almost see the rationale of saving these companies temporarily. not only did they not go in and fire all the people responsible for this fraud, they continued to support the company for years after it was back on their feet. that's the most inexcusable part. they kept supporting it with billions and billions of dollars of low interest loans after that and that's the real problem. >> so basically, there were no strings attached, and you know i think a lot of people look at that and from a simplistic point of view. they are all outstanding citizens making these contracts because they're geniuses. tell the people watching at home why you think bank of america among the others actually does fraud, things that are criminal and is not normal business that they should be rewarded
is mitt romney right or wrong? >> i can see the argument in 2008 when the government was blind-sided by all the problems that happen and all these companies were in trouble, lehman brothers and citigroup and goldman sachs and bear stearns, i can almost see the rationale of saving these companies temporarily. not only did they not go in and fire all the people responsible for this fraud, they continued to support the company for years after it was back on their feet. that's the most...
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there is a noise exception right now, though as we welcome president obama and governor romney. [ cheers and applause ] >> jim. >> gentlemen, welcome to you both. let's start the economy segment 1, and let's begin with jobs. what are the major differences between the two of you about creating new jobs? you have two minutes -- each of you have two minutes to start. a coin toss has been determined mr. president you go first. >> obama: thank you very much for this opportunity. i want to thank governor romney and the university of colorado for your hospitality. 20 years ago i became the luckiest man on earth because michelle obama agreed to a marry me. so i just want to wish sweety you happy anniversary, and let you know a year from now we will not be celebrating it in front of 40 million people. [ laughter ] >> obama: four years ago we went through the worst financial crisis since the great depression. millions of jobs were lost the auto industry was on the brink of collapse the financial system has frozen up and because of the resilience and determination of the american people we have beg
there is a noise exception right now, though as we welcome president obama and governor romney. [ cheers and applause ] >> jim. >> gentlemen, welcome to you both. let's start the economy segment 1, and let's begin with jobs. what are the major differences between the two of you about creating new jobs? you have two minutes -- each of you have two minutes to start. a coin toss has been determined mr. president you go first. >> obama: thank you very much for this opportunity. i...
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she is a romney delegate, the former chair of the tennessee g.o.p. on the ground, all right. up next, how is the obama campaign monitoring the g.o.p. primary? from where i am sitting it's with a big grin and a bag of popcorn and a bunch of positive data. later on how the general election may play out with former calf state treasurer phil angelini. this is the war room and we will be right back. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. i just got the popular girls from the local middle school to follow me around. ew. seriously? so gross. ew. seriously? that is so gross. ew. seriously? dude that is so totally gross. so gross...i know. there's an easier way to save. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. i'm keith baraka and i'm a firefighter. and it's very physically demanding. if i'm sore i'm not at my best. advil® is my go-to. it's my number one pain reliever. [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil®. >> welcome back to. >> welcome back to the war room. a look at super tuesday prime state
she is a romney delegate, the former chair of the tennessee g.o.p. on the ground, all right. up next, how is the obama campaign monitoring the g.o.p. primary? from where i am sitting it's with a big grin and a bag of popcorn and a bunch of positive data. later on how the general election may play out with former calf state treasurer phil angelini. this is the war room and we will be right back. just refreshing to hear. no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. i just got the...
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yeah, you're right. romney's on the ropes. more stories this morning about how his campaign is running out of cash. but you know, this thing is far from over. 46 days is still a long time. we gotta keep the pedal to the metal. robin is in lauren, south carolina. hey, robert. >> caller: good morning. i have two quick comments if i may. one is that romney's running on a plat form of wealth, redistribution saying he's against it. well i'm opposed to wealth consolidation. >> bill: good point. by the way, he really is for wealth redistribution as long as more and more goes up to the very top right? >> caller: right. >> bill: yeah. >> caller: another is around here, the locals, they -- wealth envy. it is wage and benefit resentment. >> bill: yeah, when all of the higher wages go to that level and all of the benefits go to that level and that income inequality gets wider and wider and a bigger problem robert. you're right on both points. appreciate it. yep so last night probably the most-watched senate campaign in the country is in m
yeah, you're right. romney's on the ropes. more stories this morning about how his campaign is running out of cash. but you know, this thing is far from over. 46 days is still a long time. we gotta keep the pedal to the metal. robin is in lauren, south carolina. hey, robert. >> caller: good morning. i have two quick comments if i may. one is that romney's running on a plat form of wealth, redistribution saying he's against it. well i'm opposed to wealth consolidation. >> bill: good...
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romney ryan. romney ryan. romney ryan. there we go. all right. that's great. thank you. >> john: now this prompted a rather public mocking from joe scarborough. but i think it was an example of governor romney being a little stiff and trying to do some crowd work which isn't his specialty. i thought the governor took a bad rap on that one. what do you think? >> in that case, when morning joe showed the clip of it, they heard people chanting but you couldn't really quite make out what they were chanting. but morning joe added a subtitle to indicate that the crowd had been chanting ryan's name. and that -- which made it look like romney came in and said add my name, too which makes him look a little bit desperate. i was actually there at that event as were you know, 30, 40, 50 other reporters. almost all of us heard that the crowd was chanting romney. and he was -- it is still awkward. he still seems a little awkward. but it makes him seem a little less desperate. i pointed that out on "buzzfeed." wrote an item pointing that out. as did some conservative blogs a
romney ryan. romney ryan. romney ryan. there we go. all right. that's great. thank you. >> john: now this prompted a rather public mocking from joe scarborough. but i think it was an example of governor romney being a little stiff and trying to do some crowd work which isn't his specialty. i thought the governor took a bad rap on that one. what do you think? >> in that case, when morning joe showed the clip of it, they heard people chanting but you couldn't really quite make out...
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right? and so no matter how strong he is and how much he keeps going, he has won seven out of 12 of the first contests, republicans are just ah we don't want romney. we don't care how strong he is. >> yeah, i completely agree. santorum should be kicking butt in ohio. he really should be. his mention about manufacturing at least, he seems like he understands the pulse of the rural voters the blue-collar voter, evangelical christian and yet for whatever reason he has still not been able to seal the deal. as an organizer christine, what grade would you give him? >> well the grady give romney is probably a b minus because he started with an a and he has been going down ever since. i would actually give the same grade to santorum. i will tell you why. he started with nothing. he didn't think he was going to win. he was coming out of nowhere. >> that's why i can't give him a failing grade because he might win on the message. here is his problem, as bill clinton used to say. democrats wants to fall
right? and so no matter how strong he is and how much he keeps going, he has won seven out of 12 of the first contests, republicans are just ah we don't want romney. we don't care how strong he is. >> yeah, i completely agree. santorum should be kicking butt in ohio. he really should be. his mention about manufacturing at least, he seems like he understands the pulse of the rural voters the blue-collar voter, evangelical christian and yet for whatever reason he has still not been able to...
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where we thought it was going to be for mitt romney right? >> caller: that's right. usa today came out 16 points, as high as it's ever been. definitely women that are republican women independent women out here in these battle ground states are saying look, mitt romney, i can't trust him. he's too extreme and also, he'll say anything to get a vote, but you can't trust him once he's president. >> stephanie: you are in virginia. i know it's very, very close. what is the latest polling you're hearing out of virginia? >> caller: i think in virginia, there's two big races the senate race and presidential race. i think the president's going to carry virginia. i think tim cain's going to be elected to the u.s. senate, and a lot of it on these issues, on the doors knocking on doors and on phone banks today women are saying i can't believe this is a guy running for president who doesn't know where he is on equal pay, wants to get rid of birth control coverage in insurance plans and wants to get road of planned parenthood. every woman in america knows
where we thought it was going to be for mitt romney right? >> caller: that's right. usa today came out 16 points, as high as it's ever been. definitely women that are republican women independent women out here in these battle ground states are saying look, mitt romney, i can't trust him. he's too extreme and also, he'll say anything to get a vote, but you can't trust him once he's president. >> stephanie: you are in virginia. i know it's very, very close. what is the latest polling...
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right now, the republican party is they want to fall in line behind romney, the people who vote for him, last week they said elect ability was the number one factor. they are in love with santorum. they are thinking can't we vote with our hearts one more time and the rest can vote with your head? >> the question is if santorum ends up winning, does that mean that it's completely flow the romney momentum will change? because right now it looks like he has it all. >> in ohio? >> correct. in ohio, i am talking about. >> i honestly don't think so because i don't think that the establishment republican party is going to let a clear loser, meaning rick santorum, who wants to do what no other president has ever done, and talk about birth control and make birth control illegal not just i am moral, i don't think the republican party is going to let that happenimmoral, i don't think the republican party is going to let that happen. this is going to be a long, hard slog. you showed the numbers there with the delegates. mitt romney could sweep it tomorrow. he is not going to because of the proporti
right now, the republican party is they want to fall in line behind romney, the people who vote for him, last week they said elect ability was the number one factor. they are in love with santorum. they are thinking can't we vote with our hearts one more time and the rest can vote with your head? >> the question is if santorum ends up winning, does that mean that it's completely flow the romney momentum will change? because right now it looks like he has it all. >> in ohio? >>...
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mitt romney right sit in a rocker chair on the porch and play with his grandchildren. >> bill: all right. veronica you summed it up. mitt romney as you summed it up has no connection to the middle class. born with a silver spoon in his mouth. can't identify. and he doesn't really have a grasp of what is happening in this country or around the world. i think he proved that yesterday. ronnie is in phoenix, arizona. good morning. >> caller: good morning, bill how are you doing? >> bill: i'm good. good to hear from you. >> caller: i did hear his speech yesterday, and i have to tell myself george w. bush. basically the people that write his speeches, are they all george w. bush's people? and it made no sense to me that we had to hear that all over again. >> bill: yeah and george bush took us into two wars in the middle east, and which we have paid everything for, and -- and that's -- that's the bush legacy, and a lot of talk about bringing a democracy to the middle east, and nothing hand. >> caller: correct. and i have a question about the pew poll. it made no sense to me a week ago basically
mitt romney right sit in a rocker chair on the porch and play with his grandchildren. >> bill: all right. veronica you summed it up. mitt romney as you summed it up has no connection to the middle class. born with a silver spoon in his mouth. can't identify. and he doesn't really have a grasp of what is happening in this country or around the world. i think he proved that yesterday. ronnie is in phoenix, arizona. good morning. >> caller: good morning, bill how are you doing?...
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romney lied. >> bill: you are absolutely right. again, i compared romney's debate performance to the ryan speech in tampa. it was a good performance but it was packed with lies. i think the entire media was focusing on stage craft and performance or entertainment or acting ability and not on the substance of what they said. on the substance of what he said mitt romney simply did not tell the truth about the $5 million, about health care, about a whole lot of stuff. kevin in chicago, kevin getting rid of big bird good idea? >> caller: yeah, my granddaughter is four years old, so i'm ul up to speed on big bird. and it brings back memories of when my kids were young. >> bill: same here. >> caller: it is just an example of the crap that comes out of his mouth. they don't realize the value of putting something on tv for the kids to watch -- >> bill: and learn, yeah. >> caller: and the whole industry that has spawned off of it of the kids toy, and everything -- >> bill: you got it. big bird is a job creator. >> announcer: this is the "bi
romney lied. >> bill: you are absolutely right. again, i compared romney's debate performance to the ryan speech in tampa. it was a good performance but it was packed with lies. i think the entire media was focusing on stage craft and performance or entertainment or acting ability and not on the substance of what they said. on the substance of what he said mitt romney simply did not tell the truth about the $5 million, about health care, about a whole lot of stuff. kevin in chicago, kevin...
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mitt romney would do it. >> it is a short hop right? wasn't that whole exchange, i feel like this is what we see so often in this cycle. mitt romney trying to dig obama and hang something on him he didn't have the facts and wasn't right. is that fair or was mitt romney correct? >> bill: i'm going to have some questions hanging there because we want to take a break. we'll get the answer when we come back. amy harder is here from the "national journal." covers energy and environmental issues. eric burns bullfight strategies here. you can follow him on twitter at the eric burns. the "full court press." we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >>oh really? >>"if you ever raise taxes on >>the rich, you're going to destroy our economy." not true! >>i jump out of my skin at people when i'm upset. do you share the sense of outrage that they're doing this, this corruption based on corruption based on corruption. >>i think that's an understatement, eliot. u>> i'm not prone tot. understatement, so explain to me why that is
mitt romney would do it. >> it is a short hop right? wasn't that whole exchange, i feel like this is what we see so often in this cycle. mitt romney trying to dig obama and hang something on him he didn't have the facts and wasn't right. is that fair or was mitt romney correct? >> bill: i'm going to have some questions hanging there because we want to take a break. we'll get the answer when we come back. amy harder is here from the "national journal." covers energy and...
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. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks." the sequester is coming, everybody panic. president obama is actually incite be a little panic, saying the cuts will be drastic and the better approach is the balanced approach. here's the president. obama: >> now the congress faces a simple choice. are they willing to compromise to protect vital investments in health care and national security and all the jobs that depend on them or would they put hundreds of thousands of jobs to put tax loopholes that face the wealthiest and corporations. cenk: it sounds great if the president actually meant it. he has always been in favor of the simpson-bowles commission, it's his commission. alice simpson is the republican, bowls the investment banker former chief of staff for bill clinton. they want to cut social security and medicare. they were doing a presentation and a heckler busted it. >> pay your
. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? cenk: all right, we're back on "the young turks." the sequester is coming, everybody panic. president obama is actually incite be a little panic, saying the cuts will be drastic and the better approach is the balanced approach. here's the president. obama: >> now the congress faces a simple choice. are they willing to...
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she was on fox news for romney. >> right. >> clear about that. she was on fox news yesterday of all places. right? and here is what she has to say about that. >> president obama we want to washington saying he would change the culture there and the dirty politics have just gotten worse. he has no rational for reelection. he has no positive record to run on. so instead, he is launching personal character attacks at governor romney and, frankly, blaming him for things in a disgusting way. dirty politics? >> give me a break. this guy has an ad up right now hitting us on what he says we are taking away the work requirement and welfare that will newt gingrich this morning said there is absolutely no proof of. it is a blatant falsehood. they have an ad up today saying the president is waging a war on religion. how low could you possibly go bill? this is a campaign. they know, by the way, they deal with super p.a.c.s on their side. they know that we have no control and the president has no control over the content of super p.a.c. ads. we have to be comp
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hilary rosen is right. ann romney never had to work and never had to worry. we'll get back to your calls at 866-55-press. but first, just a note and a reminder to you, if you're thinking about new blinds, new drapes, new shutters for your home, hey, now is the time to check out the blinds.com. we've heard about them. we tried them out. peter and i both very, very happy with the product. first of all the selection. tremendous selection of stuff. all kinds of colors, different shapes, different looks. depending on what you're looking for for your house and the prices are great and the service is just fabulous. that's what peter and i both discovered. and here is terry who e-mailed in. i first heard about blinds.com on the radio and thought hey why not check them out online. wow. from the best pricing to the next day delivery and the quality of the product, it was all great and in these days, says terry of declining customer service, high price and low expectations, blinds.com was a refreshing experience. so, check them out yourself at blinds.com. get free color
hilary rosen is right. ann romney never had to work and never had to worry. we'll get back to your calls at 866-55-press. but first, just a note and a reminder to you, if you're thinking about new blinds, new drapes, new shutters for your home, hey, now is the time to check out the blinds.com. we've heard about them. we tried them out. peter and i both very, very happy with the product. first of all the selection. tremendous selection of stuff. all kinds of colors, different shapes, different...
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on tuesday romney said heckling is a first amendment issue. >> all right. then we have people who can shout too. >> exactly. if you want to start that -- >> it's like somebody talking about the precedent of heckling the president in the middle of a rose garden statement -- >> blah blah blah blah blah blah blah! >> yeah. >> what is the line from the "untouchables," you bring us -- >> oh, geez. >> we send one of yours to the -- >> oh -- >> hospital -- >> we'll put yours in the morgue. [ applause ] >> there it is. all right. now you can leave. >> bennett wrote we're talking about a fairly specific event, romney sent his campaign to a obama event to honk its horn repeatedly -- what are we back at cranbrook? >> exactly. he is a bully. >> our friend from the obama campaign, said mitt romney has a different view endorsing heckling. >> it's like those sex pistols at -- >> the "stephanie miller show" does not endorse that idea -- >> let's take a big fire hose and spray them with coca-cola -- [ buzzer sounds ] >> no. you can't blast with mormons with cola. >> you can
on tuesday romney said heckling is a first amendment issue. >> all right. then we have people who can shout too. >> exactly. if you want to start that -- >> it's like somebody talking about the precedent of heckling the president in the middle of a rose garden statement -- >> blah blah blah blah blah blah blah! >> yeah. >> what is the line from the "untouchables," you bring us -- >> oh, geez. >> we send one of yours to the -- >> oh...
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it seems like cruz is running for president right out of the gate. but he has got a lot of policies that have been proven to be unpopular for w the american people as recently as six months ago when mitt romney was running for president. the stance on abortion, on income inequality and others. and the people voting republican, are the shrinking voter base of the gop. you have got -- certainly smaller numbers of white voters the pew center had a study that said white participation in the election dropped from 83% in 1996 to just 74% in 2012, and in the last election cycle, african american participation alone in the election was better than white participation by two percentage points. so this is the new face of the party with the same old policies. running to excite a voter base that is shrinking as we speak. >> michael: that's a great light to cast on this. and he was going directly at the president. it would be one thing if he was a -- here is a tweet. that was sent out by united states senator today. and senator harry reid he'll listen to senator
it seems like cruz is running for president right out of the gate. but he has got a lot of policies that have been proven to be unpopular for w the american people as recently as six months ago when mitt romney was running for president. the stance on abortion, on income inequality and others. and the people voting republican, are the shrinking voter base of the gop. you have got -- certainly smaller numbers of white voters the pew center had a study that said white participation in the...
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as we can see, gingrich is up significantly over romney. not going to be a whole lot of surprise if in fact that turns out to be the case. in ohio we have got romney up just one point over santorum according to public policy polling. we have a delegate count, 203 to 92 to 33 to 25. but all of these delegates tomorrow are proportionately given. after tomorrow it's not like people are going to go away. it is, in fact, was going to continue on. and we are joined right here by chris lahane and susan kennedy. chris and susan are these two fantastic -- notice they have blue cups tonight. they are democratic operatives although susan is an independent, i would say. need a purple cup. you started out as a democrat. >> the show. >> susan was the chief of staff for former governor arnold schwarzenegger. chris lahane has worked on a gajillion campaigns, top to bottom. so glad you have joined us. let's get started. i am interested in your take on the super tuesday stuff, particularly in light of what we have seen this past week and what we know and sho
as we can see, gingrich is up significantly over romney. not going to be a whole lot of surprise if in fact that turns out to be the case. in ohio we have got romney up just one point over santorum according to public policy polling. we have a delegate count, 203 to 92 to 33 to 25. but all of these delegates tomorrow are proportionately given. after tomorrow it's not like people are going to go away. it is, in fact, was going to continue on. and we are joined right here by chris lahane and...
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he got that right from the rnc, right? he got it right from the romney campaign. how can they continue to present themselves as a fox news? >> they can't. it is a charade over there. it is an embarrassing charade. they're a national shame and the fact of the matter is they want to blame this on a silly producer. bill, as you know, you cannot do a four and a half minute spot for television with music and graphics and with clips without at least several people spending a lot of time on this and i guarantee managers over at fox news are so disciplined, you can't just take an editor for two weeks and work in some -- on some mysterious project. managers knew about it. now you're seeing the fox cover-up because they got caught by conservatives who were embarrassed. now they're blaming it on some producer. everybody associated with that everybody on the morning show ought to be fired because they're a freaking shame to america. they have caused more damage to this country than any news organization i think in the last 30 years. >> bill: amen. by the way four minutes -- y
he got that right from the rnc, right? he got it right from the romney campaign. how can they continue to present themselves as a fox news? >> they can't. it is a charade over there. it is an embarrassing charade. they're a national shame and the fact of the matter is they want to blame this on a silly producer. bill, as you know, you cannot do a four and a half minute spot for television with music and graphics and with clips without at least several people spending a lot of time on this...
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. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think that there is any chance we'll see this president even say the words "carbon tax"? >> with an open mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned "great leadership" so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter). >> watch the show. >> only on current tv. cenk: we're back on "the young turks." polls closed a little over 15 minutes ago in south carolina. the first district has a special election coming up. the latest polls has mark son ford famously of the appalachian trail/not of the appalachian trail and elizabeth colbert busch nearly in a tie. she's predicting victory. you can see her voting there. mark son ford on the other hand said if i lose
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that's what concerns me. >> jennifer: that's the question right. that is the question is in a challenging economy a candidate should be able to take greater advantage and he has not been able to do that. some people say that he's just been -- he, mitt romney, has been lousy with the media and the campaign now says that they're going to give the press more access to mitt romney. i'm wondering, in your opinion will that hurt or help? >> it depends on how i handles it. romney was well-known in the primary that he would win a state and then go out the next morning and make a seriously dumb statement which the campaign would have to backtrack all day long. but look, i think the way -- to handle the media. i think the fehrnstrom thing harry reid was a complete overreaction. look, harry reid is going to say what harry reid says. dismiss it. we don't have to get crazy about it and give it more legs. >> jennifer: we actually have a sound byte from -- that sound bite you're referring to for our viewers to take a listen to what eric fehrnstrom said about harr
that's what concerns me. >> jennifer: that's the question right. that is the question is in a challenging economy a candidate should be able to take greater advantage and he has not been able to do that. some people say that he's just been -- he, mitt romney, has been lousy with the media and the campaign now says that they're going to give the press more access to mitt romney. i'm wondering, in your opinion will that hurt or help? >> it depends on how i handles it. romney was...
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speaking of the right-wing world. would you like to hear some tweets of what would be virginia's new governor. yeah, gop nominee for virginia lieutenant governor ew jackson, if you were to put the drugs of the internet comment section -- rawest most purest form of vitriol -- he was just nominated last weekend. he used the twitter feed to attack gays, muslims, obama, even michael jackson. the president has proclaimed june as lesbian transgender pride month. that makes me feel icky all over, yuck. tony perkins was just ininvited as a spoker at the air force base. this is the gostopo. they actually killed the gays first, but that's not important. i do not believe that obama is the antichrist but christians who followed obama would probably follow the antichrist. are they christians. >> wow. deep thoughts from jack candy. >> stephanie: that's a waste of a twitter feed. the president on the associated press. >> obama: journalists should not be at legal risk for doing their jobs. our focus must be for those who break the la
speaking of the right-wing world. would you like to hear some tweets of what would be virginia's new governor. yeah, gop nominee for virginia lieutenant governor ew jackson, if you were to put the drugs of the internet comment section -- rawest most purest form of vitriol -- he was just nominated last weekend. he used the twitter feed to attack gays, muslims, obama, even michael jackson. the president has proclaimed june as lesbian transgender pride month. that makes me feel icky all over,...
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. >> take that mitt romney. >> that's right. >> all right. so brad woodhouse here with us as a friend of bill. we will talk with ann hornaday from the washington post. she is a film critic from the washington post about what she sees ahead in the big awards ceremony, the ausc-arizona on sunday night. but first t. >> this is the full court press. >> the stuff you need to know now that plans for the white house correspond ent's association dinner have been set in motion, news organizes will start to announce who their guests to the dinner will be hoping to make headlines. buzz feed was first out of the gate, inviting jose canseco. he said via twitter he would love to go. buzz feed ought to be careful. they don't have tickets to the did i knower and they are brand-new members of the corps respondent's association. who knows where they rank on that totem poll. >> as a fairly new member of the white house correspondents' association, don't expect a lot of tickets? >> that's right. that's right. start handing them out to people on twitter, they wil
. >> take that mitt romney. >> that's right. >> all right. so brad woodhouse here with us as a friend of bill. we will talk with ann hornaday from the washington post. she is a film critic from the washington post about what she sees ahead in the big awards ceremony, the ausc-arizona on sunday night. but first t. >> this is the full court press. >> the stuff you need to know now that plans for the white house correspond ent's association dinner have been set in...
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sensible gun legislation, gay rights and a bush back on voter suppression. >> can you imagine what romney's inaugural could have been right? >> it's just the right height. >> stephanie: yeah. that was -- wow. i mean -- that whole -- >> yeah, that was -- i mean, as i said that was the meaning of the speech. that's what he came to the podium to say. i mean, i -- the -- i remember going through four presidential debates where the phrase climate change was not even mentioned, and all of a sudden it pops on this one, and pops in a really kind of -- i don't want to say sneering but a contemptuous remark about climate change denial. it's hey you people who don't want to believe science go stand in the corner and [ inaudible ] with your toes. and the rest of us are going to do something about this. >> stephanie: i got to quote a little charlie pierce to charlie pierce, because as you say we'll see what happens but you said -- for an afternoon anyway a democratic president reclaimed freedom for lower taxes and fewer guns. and he refused with precision and neatly camouflaged contempt [ inaudible ] no
sensible gun legislation, gay rights and a bush back on voter suppression. >> can you imagine what romney's inaugural could have been right? >> it's just the right height. >> stephanie: yeah. that was -- wow. i mean -- that whole -- >> yeah, that was -- i mean, as i said that was the meaning of the speech. that's what he came to the podium to say. i mean, i -- the -- i remember going through four presidential debates where the phrase climate change was not even...
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it is still -- with romney, we're getting sort of recycled bush economics. >> right. that's the good news for the obama folks. it is june. all of the wounds for the president over the past week, two weeks have been self-inflicted. there's been the poor jobs report that was sort of objective in the economy and then the misstatement that he made. the poor quote that he made in the white house briefing room. you know, i think when november comes, we know this. voters expect more than just an alternative. more than someone saying i'm not obama. mitt romney has yet to really make his strong case that he provides more to the presidency than just an alternative to the president. >> bill: it was only maybe six weeks ago that mitt romney and everybody else were talking about gas prices and how high gas prices are. and by summer, they were going to be over $5 and it was barack obama's fault. he wasn't doing anything. he wasn't showing any leadership. donald trump talked about it. rick perry talked about it. mitt romney talked about it. yesterday in south carolina, the gas price
it is still -- with romney, we're getting sort of recycled bush economics. >> right. that's the good news for the obama folks. it is june. all of the wounds for the president over the past week, two weeks have been self-inflicted. there's been the poor jobs report that was sort of objective in the economy and then the misstatement that he made. the poor quote that he made in the white house briefing room. you know, i think when november comes, we know this. voters expect more than just an...
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he is expected to paint romney to the right-wing of the republican party. latinos make up two percentage points from 2008 and now there are more registered latino democrats than republicans. talking points memo looking at one constituency that mitt romney failed to win over yesterday. that would be latino evangelicals. they support comprehensive immigration reform and they want more details and specifics. they are also skeptical of the president, however, because they split with him on social issues like gay marriage and they want to know why it is he just started talking about immigration policy last week. it's a romney talking point that happens to be resonating with them. americans in general support president obama more than mitt romney when it comes to social issues, a new poll has the president up 52-36. they homeland in on gay marriaged in on gay marriage they found 48% are not in gay marriage. more david shuster filling in for bill press. stay with us. museum >> because republicans get to do whatever they want. >>where are the lefties, besides on cu
he is expected to paint romney to the right-wing of the republican party. latinos make up two percentage points from 2008 and now there are more registered latino democrats than republicans. talking points memo looking at one constituency that mitt romney failed to win over yesterday. that would be latino evangelicals. they support comprehensive immigration reform and they want more details and specifics. they are also skeptical of the president, however, because they split with him on social...
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romney said all right, i'll say something! >> stephanie: okay. they're like whatever, mittens. go back to pumping your own gas and looking like a hobo in la jolla. >> nobody cares what he has to say at this point, i don't think. >> stephanie: exactly. >> at least i don't. i don't care what he has to say. >> maybe he should have eastwood talk to an empty chair again. >> stephanie: what does the empty chair think? here she is, nurse jacki in the current news center. >> good morning, everybody. the justice department has filed two civil suits against bank of america over $850 million of residential mortgage-backed securities. the d.o.j. says the institution committed investor fraud dating back to january 2008 which coincides with the start of the global financial crisis. bank of america defending itself saying it sold prime mortgages to sophisticated investors who had ample access to the underlying data. and it is not to blame for the housing market crash. but b of a has agreed to several settlements with both investors and the government to the tune of more than $10 billion. two
romney said all right, i'll say something! >> stephanie: okay. they're like whatever, mittens. go back to pumping your own gas and looking like a hobo in la jolla. >> nobody cares what he has to say at this point, i don't think. >> stephanie: exactly. >> at least i don't. i don't care what he has to say. >> maybe he should have eastwood talk to an empty chair again. >> stephanie: what does the empty chair think? here she is, nurse jacki in the current news...
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all right. forty-five minutes after the hour. right back with the remaining moments of the "stephanie miller show." >> wow, i can't believe it this can't be real. >> of course it's real. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? current tv is the place for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines. real, gripping, current. documentaries... on current tv. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ caribbean queen now we're sharing the same dream and our hearts they beat as one, no more love on the run ♪ >> stephanie: uh-huh. it is the "stephanie miller show." forty-nine minutes after the hour. as all of my friends tell me it's prom time. here are some pictures that will make the right-wing world's heads explode. [ explosion ] >> stephanie: there is a picture of the president when he went to prom. he has a bit of a link from mob squad haircut going on? >> stephanie: he is hand
all right. forty-five minutes after the hour. right back with the remaining moments of the "stephanie miller show." >> wow, i can't believe it this can't be real. >> of course it's real. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? current tv is the place for true stories. with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines....
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>>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital, around the country and around the globe. >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. ♪ [ inaudible ] >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ your whimsy is boundless. >> yeah you are nothing if not whimsical. >> stephanie: i am whimsical. thirty four minutes after the hour. our buddy, your pal, kenny pick in cleveland is about ten minutes from the house where this incredible story is unfolding. three brothers have been arrested and awaiting charges. >> this was over the course of four years so there was no rhyme or season, right? >> yeah. the first girl, was kidnapped in 2001 and she was 20 years old, so it wasn't thought that she was a
>>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital, around the country and around the globe. >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our...
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>> that's right. so when you look at the record though the ryan and romney and broader g.o.p. are just as bad as todd akin. and the only reason you had all of these republicans like mitt romney and paul ryeand everybody else saying akin should step aside had nothing to do with what he said. >> john: it had to do with one element, the anti-science element of what he said, not the anti-woman element of what he said. he embarrassed them with his ludicrous comments that a woman's body would self-abort and self-terminate a pregnancy if she had been raped. that's the part that they -- that they're using as cover. >> it is all cover. the science thing is cover. these people don't believe in science or they certainly don't legislate like they believe in science. >> john: do they believe in science but they act this way? >> part of that but which is worse? what is worse? racism or acting on the fears of raises. >> john: i don't think romney is a homophobe. i think he's a calculating nonbigot. as far as paul ryan, i want to play a clip we played earlier in the show. this is clip number
>> that's right. so when you look at the record though the ryan and romney and broader g.o.p. are just as bad as todd akin. and the only reason you had all of these republicans like mitt romney and paul ryeand everybody else saying akin should step aside had nothing to do with what he said. >> john: it had to do with one element, the anti-science element of what he said, not the anti-woman element of what he said. he embarrassed them with his ludicrous comments that a woman's body...
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romney saying he sympathized with terrorists, right? >> caller: yeah. >> bill: all right don glad you came through. our little family here in the morning. little community in the morning. we all want to know how we're all doing healthwise. >> absolutely. >> bill: don had his checkup. i'm feeling pretty good myself. >> good. >> bill: all right good. there is a transition. speaking of which there's something else that came up yesterday. that just wanted to make sure you're aware of. they started -- jay carney started our white house briefing yesterday by bringing in todd park, his name is, who is -- i never heard of this group before, it is the federal center for medicare and medicaid services. they just put out a new report which i found to be -- and we all did in the press corps stunning. the findings. what they did was they surveyed hospitals across the country and put out a report on the huge variations in price that hospitals charged for the same procedures. okay. same procedure. here's todd park from the hearing yesterday giving jus
romney saying he sympathized with terrorists, right? >> caller: yeah. >> bill: all right don glad you came through. our little family here in the morning. little community in the morning. we all want to know how we're all doing healthwise. >> absolutely. >> bill: don had his checkup. i'm feeling pretty good myself. >> good. >> bill: all right good. there is a transition. speaking of which there's something else that came up yesterday. that just wanted to make...
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. >> caller: good morning, there is a simple analogy that even your most right-wing callers should be able to understand. billionaires like the romneys and koches and all of those horrible people, they have a pie, and they have consumed 7/8th of it. and the rest of us have one-eighth of the pie, and they want us to fight over it, and then they shame us and say look at them fighting over those crumbs. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: it's not that they don't get it. they don't understand. they don't give a damn. your life whether you live or die, whether your children have success, can eat, can have an education doesn't mean did lly. the waltons don't care whether the environmental coasts sink or not, they simply don't give a damn because they have enough money to protect themselves. >> stephanie: yeah. and this sounds naive too, but most of us here, we're all relatively smart people, sometimes you look -- like i look out here -- jim, i'm sure you do this. the real estate section, and you're like how do people get this much money. like house after house out here, sue is like 44 million,
. >> caller: good morning, there is a simple analogy that even your most right-wing callers should be able to understand. billionaires like the romneys and koches and all of those horrible people, they have a pie, and they have consumed 7/8th of it. and the rest of us have one-eighth of the pie, and they want us to fight over it, and then they shame us and say look at them fighting over those crumbs. >> stephanie: yeah. >> caller: it's not that they don't get it. they don't...
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ann coulter right after the election. we have no takers than makers and it is over. my country that is no longer -- is interested in conservative ideas is interested in handouts which is what mitt romney's post-analysis was. >> why don't you move to canada? >> stephanie: bill o'reilly lamented the white establishment is now the minority. it is not a traditional america anymore. that's not going to go well for his whole war on christmas. [ whatever! ] >> stephanie: white people will not wake up. they're permanently napping apparently. >> this country is the most libertarian first world country in the entire world. you're not going to get more conservative than this country. >> stephanie: we're back to the -- we need to make adjustments. which is what this whole autopsy thing was about. republican governors talk about improving their state's governments, contrast with national republican receipt which -- rhetoric. chris christie, approval rating in the 70s. accepted medicaid expansion funds. finally, we come to reince priebus. >> reince priebus! >> stephanie: and his a
ann coulter right after the election. we have no takers than makers and it is over. my country that is no longer -- is interested in conservative ideas is interested in handouts which is what mitt romney's post-analysis was. >> why don't you move to canada? >> stephanie: bill o'reilly lamented the white establishment is now the minority. it is not a traditional america anymore. that's not going to go well for his whole war on christmas. [ whatever! ] >> stephanie: white people...
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the past month has been particularly difficult on romney's wife, ann who friends believed right up until the end that ascending to the white house was their destiny. she wasn't kidding when she said it's our turn. they said she's been crying in private and trying to get back to riding horses. >> how do they know this? >> stephanie: i don't know. the son of detroit, mitt romney who boasts of the cadillacs he owned as a sign of support for the u.s. auto industry which he has always supported -- >> of course he has! >> of course i didn't. >> stephanie: he was spotted driving a new black audi, a luxury sport utility vehicle manufactured in slovakia. i guess he dropped the ruse that he cares about the american auto industry in any way. >> did you see him on the matterhorn at disneyland? it was sad. he was there there with his family, sitting in the seat by himself. >> stephanie: i saw the one of him hugging ann from behind like a deranged muppet and she just looked like this like he's going to be here every day. >> stop it! stop it! >> ann: stop it. >> we already have 17 kids. >> ann: stop it
the past month has been particularly difficult on romney's wife, ann who friends believed right up until the end that ascending to the white house was their destiny. she wasn't kidding when she said it's our turn. they said she's been crying in private and trying to get back to riding horses. >> how do they know this? >> stephanie: i don't know. the son of detroit, mitt romney who boasts of the cadillacs he owned as a sign of support for the u.s. auto industry which he has always...
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. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> announcer: get social with bill press. like us at facebook.com/billpressshow. this is the "bill press show." >> you can't just play led zeppelin's cashmere, can you? you have to play the one with puff daddy rapping all over it. gotta freshen it up. crimes against music. here on the "full court press" this morning. i'm sorry. i'm sorry. eat's peter ogborn sitting in for bill today. it is tuesday may 28. three minutes past the hour. it is not monday. it's tuesday. we're joined as we always are joined on tuesday by igor volsky. he's think progress's managing editor igor. >> good morning. thank you. >> i appreciate you coming in. so thinkprogress.org is where we get all -- 75% of our show. >> we'll work to 100 slowly. >> we're getting there. >> we get so much of our stuff from there. really good stuff because we've talked a lot about the i.r.s. and their targeting of conservative groups. it
. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> announcer: get social with bill press. like us at facebook.com/billpressshow. this is the "bill press show." >> you can't just play led zeppelin's cashmere, can you? you have to play the one with puff daddy rapping all over it. gotta freshen it up. crimes against music. here on the "full court press"...
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it is forward with obama or backward with romney. >> that's right. >> bill: to me, it is give more to the 1% with romney or build the middle class with president obama. i don't think there is a clearer choice. >> romney campaign is going to try to make this rough on obama and they're going to do it dishonestly, deceptively as they have been doing. and you know, what the president just did right there is he made this about romney and about the republicans and george bush and their failure and their continued failure. and you know, we are where we are today. we're there -- they're hitting on obama saying the recovery is not happening fast enough. in large part because you know, the banks are sitting on cash and they're not loaning out money. we see all of the republican senators just running -- as fast as they can to get in the good graces of jamie diamond. >> bill: we saw that this week. as a public relations expert, i would say -- started to say genius, i don't go too far here -- but that's your business. do you think the obama campaign has done a good enough job of getting the messag
it is forward with obama or backward with romney. >> that's right. >> bill: to me, it is give more to the 1% with romney or build the middle class with president obama. i don't think there is a clearer choice. >> romney campaign is going to try to make this rough on obama and they're going to do it dishonestly, deceptively as they have been doing. and you know, what the president just did right there is he made this about romney and about the republicans and george bush and...
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he's trying to do the right thing. romney has been all over the board! you look at his career in the past 10 or 15 years, it is difficult to find out what he stands for what his core is. people in ohio are down to earth. i think that's really what -- of course it is jobs. of course it is the economy. but people want to know who's on their team. they know obama's on their team. >> bill: you know -- neil? >> would you support obama continuing to go after this whole bain capital outsourcing theme? is that the right thing he should keep hitting through the summer? >> yeah, no doubt about it. i know there's some people disgruntled about it. i think it is an effective ad here in ohio. effective argument to make. again you know, because here's obama going out of his way politically to save the auto industry because it's manufacturing. he put tariffs on chinese oil tubing that came in that was getting dumped into ohio. that led to a steel mill investing $650 million into ohio into youngstown. thousand trade jobs out there. 300 permanent jobs out there. so i thin
he's trying to do the right thing. romney has been all over the board! you look at his career in the past 10 or 15 years, it is difficult to find out what he stands for what his core is. people in ohio are down to earth. i think that's really what -- of course it is jobs. of course it is the economy. but people want to know who's on their team. they know obama's on their team. >> bill: you know -- neil? >> would you support obama continuing to go after this whole bain capital...
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this is ann romney this morning. she said, we've given all you need to know about our family finances. she said that the family gives 10% of the income to the church and he took no salary as governor. they ought to put that aside. >> maybe he didn't need to take a salary. >> stephanie: she did say that at one point. she and her husband struggled. in college he was forced to sell some stock. >> good heavens, sell stock in college? good god! >> this is like "gilligan's island"." >> i had a 1968 volkswagen bug. >> stephanie: we were talking about how much ramen you could buy. >> how much stock do you have to sell to buy ramen. >> stephanie: this is some of an ann romney. >> you really should look at where mitt has led his life and where he has been financially. he's a very generous person. we give 10% of our income to our church every year. is that the kind of person who has something to hide? no. he was so good about it. when he was governor of massachusetts he didn't take a salary. >> stephanie: oh no. >> well, you kn
this is ann romney this morning. she said, we've given all you need to know about our family finances. she said that the family gives 10% of the income to the church and he took no salary as governor. they ought to put that aside. >> maybe he didn't need to take a salary. >> stephanie: she did say that at one point. she and her husband struggled. in college he was forced to sell some stock. >> good heavens, sell stock in college? good god! >> this is like...